title: The tal gene undergoes chromosome translocation in T cell leukemia and potentially encodes a helix-loop-helix protein.
abstract: We have analyzed t(1;14)(p32;q11) chromosome translocations from two patients with T cell acute lymphocytic leukemia. The chromosome 1 breakpoints of these patients lie within a kilobasepair of each other, and thus define a genetic locus (designated tal) involved in T cell oncogenesis. Moreover, we have identified sequences within tal that potentially encode an amphipathic helix-loop-helix motif, a DNA-binding domain found in a variety of proteins that control cell growth and differentiation. The homology domain of tal is especially related to that of lyl-1, a gene on chromosome 19 that has also been implicated in T cell oncogenesis. Hence, tal and lyl-1 encode a distinct family of helix-loop-helix proteins involved in the malignant development of lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Tasi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Crist
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozanne
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm